Twin finger ring



Aug. 23, 1938. I E. COLEMAN 2,127,766

TWIN FINGER RING Filed Dec. 8, 1937 F lg. 1]]

- INVENTOR ALF/P ECoLEMAM.

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 23, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TWIN FINGER RING Alfred E. Coleman, Corvallis, Oreg. I Application December 8, 1937, Serial No. 178,716

4 Claims.

This invention relates to twin finger rings of the type available for sale one at a time, such as an engagement ring with a wedding ring, that are sold separately but have an actual joinder 5 when worn together on the finger.

The idea of such rings is not novel at this time hence I do not attempt to claim such a structure broadly, but only a new type of such ring, wherein the first purchased of the pair of rings contains the means for uniting the second ring to it, but said joining means is folded up within the outline of said first ring in such a manner that its presence is practically incapable of detection.

The objects therefore are a ring construction of the character indicated for twin rings wherein the master ring, or the one that carries the joining means for a second ring, has no projecting part but a perfectly uniform exterior surface at when worn alone, since projecting parts have proved objectionable during the time the single ring is worn.

With former twin ring constructions the joinder has been more or less rigid, so that the effect of wearing such twin rings was to give an effect of stiffness, such as would result from wearing an excessively broad band ring. An object there fore, of the present invention is a joinder for twin rings that is rigid so far as lineal separation 3b is concerned and impossible to unhool: without both rings being taken off the finger, yet which is substantially as flexible to wear as two separate rings.

I accomplish the objects stated and others that will be apparent to those skilled in the jewelry art by the structure shown in the accompanying drawing, described in the specification subjoined, and claimed in the claims following the specification.

In the drawing,

Fig. I is a side elevation of a je'weled ring in- Fig. IV is an enlarged view, broken away from i Fig. II detailing the link member, which is the important feature of the present invention, out,

in engaging position in full lines, and dotted in the position it occupies in Fig. I; and

Fig. V is a fragmentary view alternate to that shown in Fig. IV. useful with some types of bezel.

In the drawing, i represents the circlet portion of the jeweled ring shown in the first two figures and 2 represents the bezel, usually omamentally chased or it may be plain as shown.

i is a pivoted link member which folds into a recess la in the bezel 2, when a companion ring such as that shown in Fig. III is not worn with it. In Fig. I the location of the link membar in folded position is clearly delineated, but in practice the fit between the link member t and the recess to will be finely made, so that it is hardly distinguishable when the ring is worn in this manner; and particularly there is no projection beyond the general outline of the rest of the ring. The desirable concealment of the link member is enhanced if the pivoted link member and the bezel are made with the same pattern of chasing or engraving so that the lines "thereof will register.

A pin pivot 5 serves-to maintain the link memher t in proper relationship to the bezel 2 and will be an easy fit in the pivot hole 6 in the link member t, though the shank of 4 will be a neat lit in the outside terminus of the recess 4a.

A companion ring, ordinarily made as a plain wedding ring as shown in Fig. III, will be pro-- vided with a socket I, and an internal groove 8 in that portion of its circlet portion 9, that will be worn adjoining the bezel 2 when the two rings are worn together.

The socket T will accommodate the rounded hook portion 4b of the link member 4 and the groove 8 will accommodate the shank portion of the link member 4, so that there will be no projection thereof within the circlet portion of the companion ring, forming a pivotal connection between the companion ring, circlet 9, and the link member 4, at the outer end of the latter.

There will be suflicient play or provision for movement of the several engaging parts to eliminate any sensation of stiffness, heretofore mentioned, so that the two rings are actually joined together but may be Worn with freedom equal to two separate rings.

By the structure as illustrated and described, I have eliminated the two features always heretofore present in twin ring structures which have proved objectionable, a projecting part on a ring worn alone which disclosedits character as far as it could be seen, and the inevitable rigidity where two rings are joined without any provision for relative planar motion.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

i. A twin ring finger structure comprising a master ring, a link .member pivotally Joined to said master ring, a companion ring that is provided with an inner recess, and the said link member being provided with a projecting means to pivotally engage said recess when held in contact therewith by a wearer's finger.

2. A master ring of the character described having a bezel portionthereof, a recess formed. in said bezel portion and a link member pivoted in said recess. the said link member being characterized by being movable into the mouth of the recess when not in use, to substantially maintain an unbroken uniformity of outline oi said master ring.

3. A twin finger ring structure comprising a master ring, a companion ring and a link member therebetween that is pivotally attached to one of said rings and pivotally held in contact with a recess in the other ring by a wearer's finger, the said link member being characterized by being movable to a point within and conforming to the outline surface of the ring to which it is pivotallyattached.

4. In a twin finger ring structure comprising two rings adapted to be worn singly or joined together, a Joining member that is pivotaiiy attached to one ring and ioidable to a point within the outline surface thereof when not in use, said joining member being adapted to be held in pivotal abutting relationship to a socket in another ring, by a wearer's finger upon which both rings are worn.

ALFRED E. COLEMAN. 

